{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"fr-average-salary","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-average-salary","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/fr-average-salary/","title":"Average Annual Salary in France (2025)","description":"Average annual wages in France from 1990 to 2025, expressed in constant 2025 USD at purchasing power parity. At $60,483 in 2025, France sits approximately 6.7% below the OECD average of $64,809. Source: OECD Average Annual Wages dataset.","domain":"labor","category":"Labour & Employment","keywords":["Labour & Employment","Wages & Earnings","France","Macroeconomics","Purchasing Power Parity"],"publisher":"OECD — Centre for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs","frequency":"Annual","geography":"France","temporal_coverage":"1990/2025","unit":"Avg. 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That figure represents gross wages for a full-time, full-year equivalent employee across the total economy, as measured by the OECD Average Annual Wages series (AV_AN_WAGE, measure WG, unit USD_PPP)."},{"question":"How does France's average wage compare to the OECD average?","answer":"France's 2025 average of $60,483 sits approximately 6.7% below the OECD-wide average of $64,809. Within the EU, France typically ranks in the upper-middle tier of the 22 OECD member states — behind Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany, but ahead of Ireland and most Southern and Eastern European peers."},{"question":"How has France's average salary changed over the past decade?","answer":"Between 2015 and 2025, France's average annual wage grew from $59,485 to $60,483 — a real gain of roughly 1.7% over ten years. That modest pace reflects subdued productivity growth and the dampening effect of high employer social charges on gross wage increases. In nominal terms, gains have been larger, but inflation absorbed most of the difference, particularly during 2021–2023."},{"question":"What impact did COVID-19 have on French wages?","answer":"France's average salary fell from $61,289 in 2019 to $58,327 in 2020, a drop of $2,962 or 4.8% in real terms — the sharpest single-year decline in the 36-year dataset. The fall partly reflects a composition effect: the chômage partiel (partial unemployment) scheme kept lower-paid workers nominally employed while higher-wage sectors contracted, pulling the blended average down. By 2021, wages had recovered to $60,852, closing most of the gap within one year."},{"question":"What does France's long-term wage trend look like since 1990?","answer":"Over the full 35-year series, France's average wage grew from $44,931 in 1990 to $60,483 in 2025 — a real increase of roughly 35% in constant USD PPP terms. Growth was relatively steady through the 1990s and 2000s, averaging around 1–2% per year, before flattening noticeably after 2014. The 2023 reading of $59,611 marked a dip from the 2022 level, before a gradual recovery to $59,865 in 2024 and $60,483 in 2025."}]}